Appendix B — Default Settings
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Serial Port Settings
This section describes the serial port settings. To view these settings:
• From the printer Main Menu, select Settings > Communications
> Serial > COM1.
• From the printer web page, click the Configure tab,
Communications > Serial.
Note: These settings are not accessible unless the printer has a serial
connection to a PC.
Serial Port Settings
Setting Description Default
Baud Rate Transmission speed in bits per second (bps) for
the serial port.
115200
Data Bits Number of bits that define a character or byte. 8
Parity Specifies how the printer checks the integrity of
the transmitted data.
None
Stop Bits Number of bits sent at the end of every character
to allow the receiving signal hardware to detect
the end of a character and to resynchronize with
the character stream.
1
Hardware Specifies if hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) is
used to manage the rate of data transmission
between the device and the host.
Disable
ENQ/ACK Specifies if software flow control (ENQ/ACK) is
used to manage the rate of data transmission
between the device and the host.
Disable
XON/XOFF
To
Specifies if software flow control (XON/XOFF) is
used to manage the rate of data transmission to
the host.
Disable
XON/XOFF
From
Specifies if software flow control (XON/XOFF) is
used to manage the rate of data transmission
from the host.
Disable
New Line
Character
Defines the characters that the printer echoes to
the host to indicate that it has moved to a new
line.
CR/LF